FACES is an employee resource group with the mission to reimagine and transform workplace culture by engaging staff, creating connections, and building an intentional and supportive community.

We believe that we can achieve a fair and supportive workplace by forging a network of supportive colleagues and creating meaningful connections with staff across the organization and job categories. Throughout the year, FACES organizes meet-ups with the goal to promote psychological safety and fairness for everyone at UCAR. When founded, FACES' vision was to empower STEM staff to become actively involved in reimagining and transforming workplace culture. For this reason, the FACES team is composed of STEM staff representing NCAR labs and UCP centers and programs, who have stepped up to be actively involved, promoting workplace culture discussions with all staff: STEM and non-STEM.

Meet-ups are made for all UCAR staff. This is where we collectively learn about cultural issues and how to better support one another. They serve as an opportunity to:

• normalize conversations about workplace culture and empower participants to become more involved; 
• connect people of all backgrounds;
• seek solutions and build upon successful strategies to combat unwelcome behavior and unfair practices in the workplace;
• set examples of fair and holistic practices and disseminate them across research groups and disciplines at UCAR.